Chapter 9 Chapter Nine Missing Her Man

In less than half a month, Zeng Fei asked Feng Lan to watch two movies and attend a concert.The movies are all based on Feng Lan's preferences, and he chooses those literary and artistic blockbusters.It can be seen that Zeng Fei is not interested in these small things. Feng Lan found him looking down at his watch several times, but he still persisted without saying anything.And whenever Feng Lan thought that he was getting bored of this boring situation, he calmly made an appointment with her to see her next time. Finally, after watching the movie for the second time, Feng Lan couldn't help but ask Zeng Fei, "How long are you going to spend with me?"

Zeng Fei asked her to accompany him to have a cup of coffee, and asked back with a smile, "How do you say 'consumption'? I thought women like these, and you are willing to come out with me, at least it means that you are not disgusted with this form." "You have to know, I'm a woman in the window period, and I have a lot of time to waste. You, a busy person, must be as boring as me?" She was a little depressed, "I planned to hold my breath until you couldn't bear it. Then the family members ask about our situation, and I can put the responsibility on you."

Zeng Fei said helplessly: "You think you can't stand it? It's the film's problem that can be corrected next time. If it's my problem... I'm quite embarrassed." Feng Lan grabbed the desk card on the table and made a gesture of inserting himself into his chest.She said: "Women like romance, and it's true that they like forms, but the key is who is going to accompany her to do this. If you love to the death, watching cartoons together will sparkle... Don't make such an expression, I The meaning is not that you are not good, the question is whether we are suitable? Why is it weird to try to fall in love after being friends, because we all know each other's true colors, without the step of testing each other, there is no beauty at all No more. I still miss the state when we were ordinary friends, you will definitely criticize the big bad movie just now, and I will not hold back my sleepiness and sit until the end."

Zeng Fei brought the coffee for her, and laughed at himself: "I took it for granted again, thinking that everything between friends would be more convenient." "Damn!" Feng Lan said, "Why don't you just admit that you want to use me as a shield? If you dare to pretend to be confused and ask me what I mean, we will have nothing to say." "You used to speak so directly in front of your boyfriend, and they still think you are cute?" "Of course not. The problem is we're not in a relationship, why should I be cute?" Zeng Fei said, "Okay, you stabbed me just now, and now you're pouring cold water on my head."

"Don't go around in circles, talk about it, and everyone will feel more at ease. Did Cui Yan push you?" Feng Lan came to a conclusion. Zeng Fei didn't joke anymore, he rubbed his eyes wearily, and said, "You can see what she looks like now. I used to think she was young and ignorant, but... I can't let her go on like this. " Feng Lan said: "I said earlier that a girl matures much earlier than you imagined. Have you ever reflected that it was not your connivance that her dream could not last that long? It is clear to the onlookers that you did not seem to promise anything, but you also Never pushed her too far, but gave her a reason to depend."

"Her childhood was not pleasant, and it's not easy to keep her temper from becoming perverse. I told you before that there was no other way for me to foster her at my sister's house. My sister has a thicker heart than a man. My brother-in-law is a limp and doesn't care about things. The only thing they can take care of Cui Yan is not to be hungry or cold, and the rest may not be taken care of, I just want to give her the feeling of home as much as possible." "You want to give him family affection, what she wants is love. She didn't become perverse because you, the 'uncle', took care of everything. If I grow up like her, I can't live without you." It wasn't the first day Feng Lan knew Zeng Fei and Cui Yan, and although the words he said were not pleasant, they were from the bottom of his heart.

"Why should I make up for her? Her lack of family is also my responsibility..." Feng Lan interrupted Zeng Fei's self-blame, "You always take the responsibility on your own shoulders, no wonder life is getting more and more tiring. Her family is not perfect. If you do your duty and do things, what is the point? What's wrong? You can't graft your regrets for her mother onto Cui Yan, it's not fair to anyone." This time Zeng Fei chose to remain silent. Feng Lan tentatively said, "You want her to be happy?" "Of course. She is doing well, and I have fulfilled my responsibilities," Zeng Fei said.

"There is only one way to make her truly happy. You make her happy, and everyone is happy. Anyway, your relatives are all nonsense." Zeng Fei was stunned for a moment before showing an expression of disbelief. He said, "Are you kidding me? She is messing around, so you can say she is young and ignorant. If I use my brain to take advantage of her, am I still human? What will others think?" I?" Feng Lan originally wanted to say: "Do you care so much about what others say?" But when she was about to speak, she suddenly remembered that Ding Xiaoye seemed to have said the same thing to her.She actually understands Zeng Fei. In essence, she and Zeng Fei are the same kind of people. They are like fish, living in an invisible fish tank. That guts, because that's the space they're used to and live in.Her bold proposal just now, among other things, is that Zeng Fei's old mother and sister couldn't pass the test.

"Pretend I didn't say that." Feng Lan sighed, "You can't go left or right, why is life so complicated? I remember that you used to be far more free and easy than you are now." Zeng Fei said: "When did I consider other people's feelings before? I always thought that I should do whatever I want. This is the performance of a real man and a pure man. It was only later that I realized that right and wrong, friendship and legal principles are not what I thought. A mature person, a man, shouldn't he first take care of the people around him so that they can live a peaceful life?"

Feng Lan had a ridiculous association, why every prodigal son turned into a good man in IKEA when he experienced her or it was her turn?But she didn't feel a trace of luck. "Cui Yan is so easy to dismiss? Her personality is not perverted, but she is a real human being." "She will figure it out one day." Zeng Fei said helplessly. "But I can't figure it out now." Feng Lan faced Zeng Fei and asked, "Do I look that stupid?" Zeng Fei looked surprised, "What?" "It's all said and done. Do you think I will agree to be with you in order to get you away from another woman?"

"Of course not." Zeng Fei said, "Cui Yan is just the reason why I made up my mind to start a serious relationship. It is not difficult for me to simply find a woman to marry. If there is no choice, why should I find you?" ? You are quite difficult to serve." "Then why me?" Feng Lan asked stupidly. "Because I'm a normal man." Zeng Fei said. Feng Lan was actually a little embarrassed, a man who didn't even bother to talk about love would occasionally say a few ambiguous words, which was quite heartwarming.She said: "Why didn't you say these words more than ten years ago? I would have believed them then." Zeng Fei smiled and said: "You also said that men mature late. I didn't think about this at all before, and besides, how old were you then?" Having said this, Zeng Fei suddenly smiled strangely. "What are you laughing at?" Feng Lan asked. "I'm thinking about our 'first kiss.'" "You and Cui Yan really have no secrets." Feng Lan propped his forehead and smiled, "I'm not talking big. I went to Wu Jiang's house that summer vacation, and you happened to be there. I lied to you that the school was going to take the sit-ups test. You press my legs... Anyway, the lips rubbed against each other, which is considered half a kiss in my opinion." "I didn't say no." "Could it be...you also have an impression of this?" "Is it strange? I was also innocent at that time..." They looked at each other and laughed.Zeng Fei smiled relaxedly and stretched, Feng Lan hadn't seen him so happy for a long time, it seemed as if the old days reappeared in a trance. "It's still a little bit close, and it's not impossible for us." Zeng Fei said. Feng Lan didn't even want to seriously count how many years ago it was, it would make her feel desperate about the speed of time passing. "I was so confused at the time, what do you know?" She cleared up. Zeng Fei said: "Now you are not confused, let's try again!" For the next few days, Zeng Fei's words "try again" kept echoing in Feng Lan's heart.Can they really "try again"?Zeng Fei's words did evoke many memories of Feng Lan's past, but can the fleeting feelings of youth be compared with the choices of a lifetime?She promised Zeng Fei that she would seriously consider it, but she still couldn't make a decision. This day is the Qixi Festival of the lunar calendar. Zeng Fei was away on a business trip. He greeted Feng Lan in advance and would invite her to dinner when he came back. He also hoped that she would give an answer then.Feng Lan hoped that he would be more busy with his official duties so that he could buy some time for himself.Her mind is in a mess right now. Holidays are often the busiest times in the restaurant business, especially romantic ones.Feng Lan's restaurant stopped making reservations one day in advance, but there was still a long queue of people waiting to be seated.Ding Xiaoye is not in the store today, it is said that it is his turn to rest.Feng Lan scolded the store manager, even if he was taking a break, he had to pick a less busy day.Usually, the shop is just well staffed, and if there is one person missing, and customers gather to eat, she, the boss, has to put on an apron and become a waiter. The store manager was very aggrieved, and explained that since Ding Xiaoye came to work, he had never had a day off, nor had he asked for leave.Feng Lan didn't say anything else, she thought about it later, it's okay if that guy wasn't around, without him dangling in front of her eyes, she felt more at ease, and she was more focused on working without distractions. The busyness lasted until eleven o'clock in the evening, and the last group of customers was finally sent away.After the clearing and stocktaking was over, Feng Lan's waist could barely straighten up.Ding Xiaoye still has not come back.Could it be that on such a day, even he has an appointment with a "beautiful woman"?But Feng Lan had to fight alone at work, which was too frustrating. Feng Lan couldn't help but think of Zeng Fei. If he was in China, he would probably invite her to have a meal. It's one thing to have time for an appointment, at least someone is thinking about it.Feng Lan found out in a little panic, since when did her phone calls go silent even on Qixi Festival?As if just yesterday, she was still having a headache about how to deal with the flowers she received, and the moment she turned her head, the traffic was deserted in front of the door.How is time more realistic than human heart? ! She looked carefully at herself in the mirror for a moment as she washed her hands.After touch-ups, this face is still worthy of others, but there is no unscrupulous innocence in those eyes.When she looked at Zeng Fei, she often felt that he was tired and cold now.What would Ding Xiaoye think of her? In his eyes, was she late and crazy? No, no, she is not yet thirty years old, she can't let this panic weaken her momentum before her face is really aging. Feng Lan tried to judge Zeng Fei with the mood of a first-timer. Just as her mother said, he was impeccable in terms of family, career, character and appearance.Even now Zeng Fei is still just an ordinary friend in her heart, and she has no desires or desires for him.But is love such a superficial thing?Maybe she should get out of the bad taste.Love is to spend a lifetime together, not to be greedy for a while, she repeatedly convinced herself.As for Ding Xiaoye... No, she didn't think about Ding Xiaoye at all, not for a second. Feng Lan packed up her things and said goodbye to other employees who were about to leave the store.There's been a nasty crappy van parked in her spot since yesterday.She reported it to the building property and posted a note to the owner of the car, but the car has not moved until today.The existing parking spaces in this building are very tight, basically a carrot and a pit.The property owner couldn't contact the owner of the van yesterday, so they arranged a temporary parking space for her, but today it was fine, and they parked her directly in the open space at the back door. If the broken car still hangs around tomorrow morning, she swears that she will let the towing company take it to the garbage dump, Feng Lan thought bitterly in her heart.She closed the car door and was about to start it when she accidentally found a receipt at her feet. She picked it up and saw that it was a fuel ticket for refueling last night.She remembers very clearly that just before getting off the car this morning, she put this fuel ticket together with some previous receipts and put it in the storage compartment on the right side of the driver's seat. How could it fall alone now? come out? Feng Lan's heart trembled, and the alarm bells rang in his mind.She turned around extremely slowly, and before she noticed anything unusual, a black shadow sprang up from under the rear seat and rushed towards her.Fortunately, she was on guard, one hand was already on the door handle, she screamed in panic, opened the door and fled.Most of her body had fallen out of the carriage, but her right hand was held tightly by someone. She struggled to turn around, and saw a small man with disheveled hair and sunken black and yellow face, tightly clasped around her wrist. Those hands, skinny as sticks, were trying to pull her back into the car. Feng Lan shouted for help, struggling hard.While tugging, the little man was also pulled forward by her strength, crossing the gap between the front seats, and the hands that made her sick were still tightly wrapped around her wrists.Feng Lan remembered him, he was the one who snatched her bag last time, and now in less than a month, the robber actually made an inch of it and made plans for her car and her whole person. It seemed that the other party regarded her as a fat sheep.In Feng Lan's bag last time, apart from cash and a mobile phone, there was also a watch that he just took off from his hand, which was worth a few dollars. It's no wonder that the other party tasted the sweetness and lingered on her up.If Feng Lan doesn't get angry, is she so easy to bully?Rob her twice in one month?There are many illegal profiteers in this society, why don't you see him robbing those people?She wakes up early and works late every day, pays taxes according to law, and loses her youth and time in order to earn that little money. As a result, on the romantic Chinese Valentine's Day, the only man who misses her is a robber. The scene of falling down when being robbed last time, the trouble of re-applying for lost documents, and Ding Xiaoye's ridicule are all vivid in my memory. Knock on.I don't know where the sharp heel hit the robber. He dodged at first, but suddenly let out a dull cry of pain. Feng Lan immediately loosened the force on her wrist, and she fell backward out of inertia. , fell hard on the concrete floor beside him, and before he could react, the door was closed from the inside, the lights came on, and the robber started the car. The place where Feng Lan fell was on the left front of the car. She reached out her hands in vain to cover the dazzling headlights in front of her eyes, her scream was choked in her throat, she didn't have time to think about anything, she just knew that she was involuntarily swept to the other side by a force , and then fell again, crawling, watching her car wobble forward. Feng Lan's first reaction when he came back to his senses was to call the security guard to stop the car, but he remembered angrily that his bag was on the passenger seat.She was so angry that she clenched her fists and beat the ground, cursing, "Bastard..." Before she finished cursing a sentence, she realized that there was someone else beside her, and her hammer actually landed on that person's thigh. "Ding Xiaoye?" Ding Xiaoye fell in the same embarrassing position as Feng Lan, and he sat up with his hands after hearing the words, "Who are you calling a bastard?" Feng Lan felt that his brain circuit was broken, and he was unable to deal with the latest changes in the situation for the time being.Ding Xiaoye said with lingering fear, "Damn it, if I had been a little slower just now, I would have been your backing when I died." "Where did you come from?" Feng Lan stammered in shock. "Are you ashamed to ask? If I'm one step late, you're dead." After Ding Xiaoye finished speaking, he found that Feng Lan was still at a loss, so he believed that she was really in a daze, and she still hasn't figured out the state just now. "Are you not afraid that he will kill you? How did you survive to this day? If your bones are not broken, get up!" Only then did Feng Lan get scared, that bastard would really run over her with a car?The answer is obvious, but what happened just now happened in a flash, she didn't even have room for panic. Ding Xiaoye suppressed his impatience and urged, "Get up!" Seeing Feng Languang's pale face in a daze, he shook his feet. Feng Lan felt his body tremble.Ding Xiaoye was quite honest, he said that he almost became her back, and it was true!It seems that Ding Xiaoye also fell hard this time, and Feng Lan didn't feel so much pain because most of her was lying on top of him. Feng Lan turned to one side to check his injuries. Ding Xiaoye stood up with difficulty, stretched his legs, and half bent over with one hand touching his chest. "My heart is broken?" Feng Lan sat on the ground looking up at him and asked. Ding Xiaoye glared at her angrily, chose to ignore her idiot's words, and stretched out his hand to give her a hand, "I was not hit by a car, but my sternum was almost crushed by your elbow." Feng Lan's injuries were on his knees and palms, but luckily they were only skin injuries.She shook her bleeding palm and asked, "Really? Let me see." "No need!" Ding Xiaoye resolutely pushed away her hand that was about to touch his chest, "Don't rub blood on my clothes, I'm already unlucky enough. I thought I could get you here, but I fell hard enough. You're better than It weighed too much for me.” "Don't rant, I'm only one hundred and ten catties, so heavy?" Feng Lan said angrily, "You can slander my personality, but you can't slander my weight!" "What's wrong with me slandering you? Go..." Ding Xiaoye pushed Feng Lan who was motionless, "I said 'go'! Can you walk?" Feng Lan was staggered by his push, and couldn't help getting angry, shouting: "Where are we going? I'm going to wait for the police to catch that bastard!" "Also call the police and change my place!" Ding Xiaoye yelled back, "Haven't you died enough? Do you know he has no accomplices? Do you know he won't come back?" "Try pushing me again?" After Feng Lan finished speaking, he immediately pushed him forward again.She frantically said, "Can you talk well?" "You can listen to me when I speak well? You are so courageous, you don't want to run, you want to beat up the robber first. Feng Lan, let me tell you, that is, the person you bumped into was the fanboy from last time." The robbers in your hands don't have much strength. Otherwise, you would have been raped, then killed, and then chopped into pieces in some wilderness by now!" It's not that Feng Lan didn't know that Ding Xiaoye's words made sense, she felt goosebumps all over her body when she thought of these possibilities, what happened today was terrible.However, what Ding Xiaoye said was too harsh. Ding Xiaoye continued to educate her: "Only you are amazing, a heroine, even if you are robbed ten thousand times, you don't have a long memory. Before you get in the car, you don't even use your eyes to see if there is any danger? Your breasts are half as big as your courage. You won't be unmarried until now, walking alone at night!" "Ding Xiaoye, you stinky mouth!" Feng Lan limped forward and twisted his mouth, saying bitterly, "I don't want you to teach me a lesson, can you speak humanly? Rob? How do I look before I get in the car? You teach me how to look? That bastard grabs me, if I don’t beat him to death, he can let me go..." She stopped suddenly, and asked hesitantly, "No, how did you know that he was the one who took drugs last time?" Ordinarily, when Ding Xiaoye appeared, the fight between Feng Lan and the robbers was coming to an end, and the car door was closed soon.How did he see the robber clearly at that moment?And he can be clearly identified as the guy who snatched the bag last time, which is too unreasonable. Feng Lan remembered that Ding Xiaoye was present twice when she was robbed.The first time could be called a coincidence, but the second time was so "destined", she didn't believe it!Ding Xiaoye does not detour to the back door of the building when he enters and exits the restaurant on weekdays.If she hadn't been unable to find a parking space today, she would never have run to this remote corner at night. Feng Lan really didn't want to face this possibility, but all kinds of strange things and the change on Ding Xiaoye's face at this time made her feel as if she had fallen into a cold cave. "You... you and him won't be..." "What is it? You belong to a group?" Ding Xiaoye smiled in astonishment, and he took a step closer to Feng Lan, "You have become smarter today." Feng Lan shrank back warily, almost falling down.This is more difficult for her to accept than being robbed twice a month. The terrified and hurt expression on her face made Ding Xiaoye no longer want to tease him. He raised a hand as a comforting gesture, and said slowly: "You think too much. If I want to make up your mind, there will be an easier way." .” This was true, but Feng Lan still didn't dare to let go of his guard easily. Ding Xiaoye thought for a while before saying: "I didn't intend to tell you. I saw that guy near the restaurant a few days ago. He should be here to check out." "Who? The bastard who robbed me?" Feng Lan was once again refreshed in her understanding of the world.It is said that you are not afraid of thieves stealing, but you are afraid of thieves thinking about it.The thought that there might be a pair of eyes spying on her in the dark for a long time made her hair stand on end. "Well. At first I didn't know what he wanted to do, until you said that the parking space was taken by someone this morning..." "You mean, that broken van was also parked in my parking space on purpose?" "Nonsense. Your parking space is so close to the elevator exit and the security guard point. If there are people coming and going, only fools would do it there." "He's plotting against me." Feng Lan tremblingly pointed at Ding Xiaoye, "You're not a good person either. It's okay to see you die last time, but this time you clearly saw that something was wrong, but you didn't say a word of warning." Me, even if we are not that...that, I am your boss! No, even if you are a passer-by, you should not be so indifferent. White-eyed wolf!" "Would you believe me if I told you something that didn't happen? Thanks to you, you caught a man who was a policeman, so I'm troublesome?" Ding Xiaoye coldly put down the hand she pointed at, and asked, "Go away!" Don't go? If you don't go, you stay here by yourself." Feng Lan limped after Ding Xiaoye who turned around and left, grabbed his clothes from behind and forced him to turn around, "Speak clearly, how can I feel sorry for you? You are looking for a job, and I will give you a job. I don't want to have unreasonable thoughts, I stay away from you. Is this how you treat me? Knowing that I might lose my life, why don't you just ignore me?" "If I don't hear or ask, can you still stand here?" The moment Feng Lan was silent, her mind was spinning quickly, and her words still contained a lot of uncertainty, "You came here specially because of me... So you don't worry about my safety at all?" Ding Xiaoye said: "Don't think too much, what I'm afraid of is that if something happens to you, I have to find a job again, trouble." "You're a dead duck. Did you go to the parking lot with me yesterday?" Feng Lan's mood began to improve slightly. "You walked with Kangkang yesterday, why should I follow you?" Ding Xiaoye denied. Feng Lan stepped in front of him first, "Eh? I ran into Kangkang when I was out of the restaurant. He said he couldn't get a taxi and asked me to give him a ride. How would you know that I was with him if you didn't follow me?" leaving?" "Whatever you think." Ding Xiaoye was expressionless, and refused to admit it. "Obviously you are worried about me..." "Your hair is ugly!" "No way!" Feng Lan hurriedly touched his hair.She tied a loose ponytail today, and after all the shocks just now, her hair was really fluffy.She tore off her hair tie and straightened her hair while chasing Ding Xiaoye, "Don't go, you have to accompany me to the security guard to explain the situation, and then go to the police station to call the police... Hey! Are you a man if you leave like this?" "You also reported to the police last time, what happened?" Ding Xiaoye refused impatiently. "Whether the police are useful or not is one thing. If I can't catch the thief, I can also warn others if I call the police." "You take care of yourself first..." "Ding Xiaoye, you are afraid to go to the police station, maybe you have a problem?" "You're more annoying than the police!" Ding Xiaoye warned, "I'll send you to the security office, and don't bother me about the rest. Go faster." "You still want to send me home, I'm scared to death." Feng Lan found out the crux of her one foot being high and one foot being low.She had only one shoe on her foot, and the other was dropped on the car as a self-defense weapon.She took off her shoes, walked side by side with Ding Xiaoye with bare feet, and said heartbrokenly: "I have only worn this pair of Christian Louboutins twice, and I specially entrusted my cousin's friend to bring them back from abroad. The color is limited edition. .I'm furious." Ding Xiaoye glanced at the shoe and said, "If you were braver just now, next time you can ask someone to bring you another urn from abroad. It is also a limited edition color, and it may be handmade." "Ding Xiaoye, I will clean up your mouth sooner or later." Feng Lan closed his eyes and threw the remaining shoe into the trash can when he passed by, "The other shoe is stained with that bastard's blood, just thinking about it makes me sick , I won't wear it again when I get it back. Don't let me catch that guy..."